John Denver (birth name: Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.; December 31, 1943 - 12 months 10 in 1997) is a folk music singer and American folk rock, is one of the greatest musicians of the 1970s. He recorded and released some 300 songs, of which nearly half of which he compiled in 1977, he was chosen is the first poet (Poet Laureate) of Colorado. The Denver songs filled with love of nature. Songs like "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Leaving on a Jet Plane," "Calypso," "Annie's Song", "Thank God I'm A Country Boy", and "Rocky Mountain High" known throughout world.